Synonyms for ancestry
ˈæn sɛs tri; esp. Brit. -sə strian·ces·t·ry

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1. lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stocknoun

   the descendants of one individual

   "his entire lineage has been warriors"

   Synonyms:
   personal credit line, inception, cable, business, billet, stemma, origination, rakehell, store, beginning, filiation, roue, agate line, lineage, crinkle, stock, telephone circuit, declivity, farm animal, linage, seam, inventory, bloodline, root, course, crease, melodic line, air, channel, short letter, production line, job, occupation, assembly line, parenthood, contrast, downslope, gillyflower, birth, product line, livestock, line of work, blood, bank line, line of merchandise, personal line of credit, rake, melody, decline, derivation, strain, neckcloth, dividing line, rootage, transmission line, breed, ocellus, gunstock, line of descent, argumentation, profligate, logical argument, phone line, furrow, rail line, parentage, wrinkle, descent, blood line, melodic phrase, fund, rip, line of business, pedigree, extraction, declination, pipeline, line of credit, line, business line, railway line, demarcation, subscriber line, line of products, origin, stock certificate, fall, communication channel, caudex, telephone line, credit line, declension, source, broth, line of reasoning, tune, note, simple eye, argument

2. ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiationnoun

   inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

   Synonyms:
   parentage, lineage, etymologizing, stock, stemma, descent, blood, deriving, origin, linage, line of descent, line, blood line, pedigree, bloodline, filiation, derivation

Matched Categories

1. • Genealogy
   • Inheritance

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1. ancestrynoun

   Synonyms:
   lineage, family, race, house, line of ancestors

2. ancestrynoun

   Synonyms:
   pedigree, stock, genealogy, descent

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1. ancestrynoun

   Synonyms:
   lineage, descent, pedigree, stock, ancestors, progenitors

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1. List of paraphrases for "ancestry":

   descent, ancestors, progeny, origin, ancestor, parentage, ancestral

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1. Chrystal Pennisi:

   ( Warren) was a kid and Chrystal Pennisi was told this is your ancestry, just like any of us were. I don't think any of us really dug into who are parents and grandparents and so on said we were, it's not like she stole anything from anyone or she accepted any kind of special award because of it.

2. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   I believe that the essence of government lies with unceasing concern for the welfare and dignity and decency and innate integrity of life for every individual. I dont like to say this and wish I didnt have to add these words to make it clear but I willregardless of color, creed, ancestry, sex or age.

3. Iosif Lazaridis:

   We may be removing some of the mystique surrounding these people by showing that they weren't that different from the people that came before or after them, the Minoans and Mycenaeans didn't have any special ancestry: they were made of the same basic ‘stuff’ as other people from Europe and the Middle East. So we can't answer the question of why these civilizations flourished thousands of years ago, but we can at least cast some light on who they were and where they came from.

4. Howard McLeod:

   You can use DNA to identify disease risk, so (the world leaders) might be at risk for a disease, you could look and see if there could be some ancestry elements that could be exploited.

5. John Alejandro King, a.k.a. The Covert Comic, www.covertcomic.com:

   I took a DNA ancestry test. I got a C-.